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ECB Official: Digital Euro Needed to Reduce Reliance on Non-European Payment Systems
ECB's Piero Cipollone states the digital euro is vital for EU sovereignty, aiming to test real transactions in 2027 and...
Sweden's central bank revives e-krona debate amid stablecoin and digital euro concerns
Riksbank urges lawmakers to prepare for a digital krona as foreign stablecoins and a digital euro could affect the curre...
European Central Bank President Says Digital Euro Is Nearing Launch
ECB President Christine Lagarde states the digital euro is imminent to complement cash and boost competition in the reta...
Sweden’s Central Bank Pushes for Digital Krona Legislation Amid ECB Progress
Sweden’s Riksbank urges lawmakers to prepare for a digital currency, citing the ECB’s digital euro plans and growing use...
BIS: Digital Cash Can Offer Cash-Like Privacy, but Bank Breaches Still Expose Users
BIS says digital cash can match cash privacy, but warns that breaching one bank could reveal that bank's customer data....
Russia's Finance Ministry Pays Employee Wages in Digital Rubles for First Time
Russia's Ministry of Finance confirmed some staff received salaries in the central bank digital currency starting Oct 1,...
ECB seeks partners to test AI agent payments with digital euro
The European Central Bank is exploring AI-enabled payments and machine-to-machine transactions as part of its digital eu...
Russia Launches Digital Ruble While Bitcoin Payments Remain Banned
Russia's digital ruble is now available for transactions, but Bitcoin payments are still illegal as the government pushe...
Saudi Arabia withdraws from China-backed mBridge CBDC project
Saudi Arabia's central bank has exited the mBridge cross-border CBDC platform after completing a proof of concept in May...
ECB Launches Pontes to Settle Tokenized Assets Without Stablecoins
The European Central Bank launched Pontes, a system letting financial institutions settle wholesale tokenized asset tran...
Report: ECB President Christine Lagarde Helped Block Binance's EU Entry
A WSJ report says ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to stop Binance from getting a foothold in the European Uni...
European Central Bank Invites Merchants to Test Digital Euro Payments
The ECB is asking merchants to join a 12-month digital euro pilot set to start in the second half of 2027.
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